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Iran says it will target U.S. aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf if a war breaks
out. An Iranian military official says the country could sink a U.S. aircraft carrier like the USS Nimitz and that the country is practicing on a replica. A spokesman
from the Pentagon says they have no doubt Iran could sink the replica it has built,
but Col. Steve Warren says sinking a U.S. aircraft carrier is another matter
entirely and he has no confidence in Iran's capability to sink one.

The Pentagon is going to sell about 200 Patriot missiles worth about $900 million to Kuwait. The goal is to build up anti-missile systems in the Persian Gulf. The Associated Press's Anne Flaherty writes, the initiative is aimed at defending Gulf allies against potential Iranian missile strikes and to signal to Tehran that any aggression would not go unanswered. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Wednesday that it had notified Congress of the proposed sale. Congress could object but is not expected to do so.